Shamik Ghosh With Pti Inputs

• Government official found dead with wife and children at Delhi home

  A government official along with his wife and two children was found dead at his residence in South Delhi today.

• Lagadapati Rajagopal, the 'pepper spray MP', quits politics to protest against Telangana

  Lagadapati Rajagopal, the man now known as the "pepper spray MP," has resigned from Parliament and has announced that he is quitting politics, dismayed at the Lok Sabha passing the bill that creates a separate Telangana state by bifurcating Andhra Pradesh.

• Will go to any extent for Jan Lokpal Bill: Arvind Kejriwal

  A day after he slammed Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung for attempting to stall the Jan Lokpal Bill, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has threatened to "go to any extent" to get his anti-graft legislation passed in the state assembly.

• As Rahul Gandhi meets students, BJP says Narendra Modi reacted first

  As Rahul Gandhi showed his solidarity with people from the North-East by joining protests against the death of 20-year-old student from Arunchal Pradesh Nido Taniam, the BJP said the Congress vice-president's gesture may have been inspired by Narendra Modi's strong condemnation of the incident.

• Esther Anuhya murder case: Police suspect man spotted in CCTV footage

  More than two weeks after software engineer Esther Anuhya's body was found decomposed and burnt in a swamp near a major highway on the outskirts of Mumbai, the Railway Police have recovered the CCTV footage where the young woman could be seen at the Kurla Railway Terminus the day she disappeared.

• Rajasthan's BJP government rejects FDI in retail

  Rajasthan has become the second state in the country after Delhi to withdraw permission for foreign super-chains like Wal-Mart to set up shop and sell directly to Indian consumers.

• At least 21 dead as boat capsizes near Port Blair

  A boat with around 45 people on board capsized near Port Blair this afternoon, killing at least 21. According to initial reports, the boat, Aqua Marine, was carrying mainly tourists including a large group of around 30 people from Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu.

• Woman allegedly gang-raped by at least 10 men on orders of a kangaroo court in West Bengal

  At least 10 men allegedly gang-raped a 20-year-old woman in West Bengal's Birbhum district, reportedly on orders of a village kangaroo court, which decided to punish her for having a relationship with a boy from a different community.

• Sunanda Pushkar's death probe: Shashi Tharoor records statement before Sub Divisional Magistrate

  Union Minister Shashi Tharoor on Sunday recorded his statement before the Sub Divisional Magistrate who is investigating the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. Earlier he had written to Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde offering full cooperation in the probe. (Full text of Shashi Tharoor's letter to Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde) Mrs Tharoor w...

• Kerala doctors who treated Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor shocked by her sudden death

  As an autopsy is conducted in Delhi to ascertain how Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor died, doctors who treated her early this week in Kerala say they are shocked at her sudden death.

• Another attack on AAP office, this time in Aurangabad

  The Aam Aadmi Party office in Aurangabad in Maharashtra was vandalised by unidentified people today.

• Narendra Modi's dig at Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party

  In an apparent reference to the media attention that Arvind Kejriwal and his rookie Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have managed to get, the BJP's Narendra Modi has suggested that the country needs "constructive vision on the ground" and not just leaders who make good television.

• Secretariats are not run from rooftops: Kiran Bedi slams Arvind Kejriwal's 'janta darbar'

  Former IPS officer and activist Kiran Bedi slammed Arvind Kejriwal today for the chaos that erupted at the Delhi Chief Minister's 'janta darbar'. Ms Bedi criticised Mr Kejriwal's lack of "mature" governance and said such meetings should not happen on the streets or the rooftops.

• Kiran Bedi's vote is for Narendra Modi; 'not upset,' says Arvind Kejriwal

  Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) may be winning a growing legion of supporters but one of his former associates, former IPS officer Kiran Bedi, has openly endorsed Narendra Modi as Prime Minister.

• Election Commission meets cyber security experts over deal with Google

  Senior officials from the Election Commission today met cyber security experts to discuss Internet giant Google's proposal for a tie-up ahead of the Lok Sabha election.